string-tools

Example

var s = require("string-tools");

• string-tools
  • .symbol
  • .escapeRegExp()
  • .fill(fillWith, len) ⇒ string
  • .padRight(input, width, [padWith]) ⇒ string
  • .repeat(input, times) ⇒ string
  • .clipLeft(input, width, [prefix]) ⇒ string

s.symbol

some cross platform symbols (tick and cross)

Kind: static property of string-tools

s.escapeRegExp()

escape special regular expression characters

Kind: static method of string-tools
Example

> s.escapeRegExp("(.*)");
'\\(\\.\\*\\)'

s.fill(fillWith, len) ⇒ string

Create a new string filled with the supplied character

Kind: static method of string-tools

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | fillWith | string | the fill character | | len | number | the length of the output string |

Example

> s.fill("a", 10)
'aaaaaaaaaa'
> s.fill("ab", 10)
'aaaaaaaaaa'

s.padRight(input, width, [padWith]) ⇒ string

Add padding to the right of a string

Kind: static method of string-tools

| Param | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | input | string | | the string to pad | | width | number | | the desired final width | | [padWith] | string | "" "" | the padding character |

Example

> s.padRight("clive", 1)
'clive'
> s.padRight("clive", 1, "-")
'clive'
> s.padRight("clive", 10, "-")
'clive-----'

s.repeat(input, times) ⇒ string

returns the input string repeated the specified number of times

Kind: static method of string-tools

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | input | string | input string to repeat | | times | number | the number of times to repeat |

s.clipLeft(input, width, [prefix]) ⇒ string

returns the input string clipped from the left side in order to meet the specified width

Kind: static method of string-tools

| Param | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | input | string | | input string to repeat | | width | number | | the desired final width | | [prefix] | string | "..." | the prefix to replace the clipped region |

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